Synopses & Reviews
This is the first broad-based anthology to look exclusively at gender and gender relations. Feminist in approach, the topics and writings focus on the experiential basics of readers' lives. The articles are varied but offer unity in that raising one issue brings to mind other articles in the collection. Minas includes writings by thoughtful men and women who exhibit awareness in reacting to the feminist perspective.
Synopsis
This highly accessible combination of articles with readable and teachable supporting introductions and text enables students to understand assigned readings well enough to be able to come to class ready to ask intelligent questions and engage in critical discussion.
Table of Contents
Introduction. PART I: OPPRESSION. Oppression, Marilyn Frye. Woman Is Not Our Brother, Simone De Beauvoir. Men, Feminism and Mens Contradictory Experiences of Power, Michael Kaufman. White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondecnes Through Work in Womens Studies, Peggy Mcintosh. The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism, Audre Lorde. Asian Americans Battle the "Model Minority" Stereotype, Robert Daseler. Indian Tribes: A Continuing Quest for Survival, US Commission on Human Rights. The Flight from the Rejected Body, Susan Wendell. PART II: MESSAGES ON THE SURFACE: LOOKS AND LANGUAGE. Sexism and the English